Political Haiku: Protest In Verse

Poor addled King George II. He can't seem to string more than three words together on his own. Sure, he can make it through a 12-minute speech with teleprompted words from his Royal Regents. But when George tries to think for himself, unfortunate phrases like "Natural gas is hemispheric" just pop on out. Americans are left to wonder exactly what's going on upstairs.

But sometimes less is more. Each pithy "Bushism" succinctly attests to the befuddled brain of our King in a way that twenty pages of neurological test results just couldn't do. And often the most stinging criticism is short and memorable, rather than lengthy and prosaic.

In short, the growing movement against the King needs some bon mots. So we've asked for folks to submit their thoughts on the election debacle in the form of haiku. Here are the results. It's amazing what a functioning brain can do, isn't it?

If you have a Bush Haiku you'd like to see here, send us an e-mail with "Bush Haiku" in the title.

Also take a look at our pro-Kerry haiku, for metered verse in praise of Bush's opponent.